Given name
Keslie
“from the holly garden; of the gray fortress”
In American use, Keslie carries the interpretation “from the holly garden; of the gray fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Keslie carries the interpretation “from the holly garden; of the gray fortress.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Keslie is used as a form of Leslie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keslie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 243
- 0 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keslie’s family of names
Keslie is a form of Leslie. Keslie has a related form in Kesley. Keslie has a related form in Kesly.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kesleyvariant
- Kesleevariant
- Kesleighvariant
- Keslyvariant
- Kesslylikely variant
- Kesslielikely variant
- Kesleavariant
- Kezleavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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